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Ever wondered how much it rained in your neighborhood compared to the official National Weather Service report?
There’s a way to find out if you have a computer and Internet access.
It’s called CoCoRaHS, which is short for Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network. The...
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I just read this story in the Houston Chronicle. This is outrageous! Texas prisons need to go back to the days when they were self sufficient. Increase the size of the farms to grow all the food eaten by...
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You might come away with that assumption if you had watched any of the Sunday talk shows. The John McCain campaign was in full force spreading the message “the surge worked." It started on Fox news Sunday, with Bill Kristol and Fred Barnes long range chastising of Barak...
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Riding one mile is cake. Ten, a round-trip commute. Thirty, a long weekend ride. One hundred? That's a century.
And I did it for the first time Friday. Greg and I dragged ourselves out of the house at about 6 a.m. -- to make a round trip to Magnolia beach. To tack on some extra...
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Geeks around the world rejoiced when Steve Jobs told the audience at Apple's World Wide Developer's Conference the new iPhone would be in stores July 11.
The rumors started in May that Apple had something new on the way when the supply of the year-old product started to dry up.
The...
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Well for some reason I put my old desktop computer with the original files of the book I am working on in the BACK of the storage unit. Dumb.
Moving everything in the way was such fun. I still have bruises from trying to get to that darned thing. But I finally did.
Then the older Mac...
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This day and time, work is very inportant to anyone to just make a pay check, with the cost of living going higher daily. Some of us strugle daily yo do for there self and family to make it easyer. Then there boss isnt that great cause he is money hungry. A local man recently did his job...
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And yeah I am late with posting my review on it, but I have been very very busy procrastinating with packing my stuff for my big July 18 move. But I have seen the movie and it reminded me of "I am Legend." Why? Well the first half of the movie is great with Will Smith playing...
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The Austin Police Commanders are meeting on July 8th to get themselves ready to implement a new federal program in Austin.
If you refuse a breathalyzer, the program allows the police officer to not only arrest you, but hold you down and taken a sample of your blood by force....
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There has been an interesting thread on the VicAd discussion forum concerning Wal-Mart and peoples' experiences there. While I could jump in and join the fray, venting my frustration at the long lines and sometimes less than courteous associates at the big-box stores, I have been thinking all day...
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Over the last two weeks there has been much controversy in the tech world over a supposed law that requires every computer repair technician to obtain a private investigator's license. Technicians would need to obtain a criminal justice degree or participate in a three-year apprenticeship....
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I’ve had some reminders that I have this blog. I apologize for the absence, but I’ve been extremely occupied.
One request I had was to address the little dash called a hyphen, and tell about its uses. Although people say Morse Code is a system of dots and dashes, the dashes...
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As a concerned citizen of the United States I feel the need to speak out on this issue. We have one last chance to prevent the FISA bill from becoming law. It lies in the hands of the senate. Please act now and stop the senate from making a terrible decision which takes away one of the most...
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Yesterday afternoon I saw my first example of unleaded gas being priced over the $4 mark. It was $4.01 at the Handy Stop store near my house.
Across town, it was still $.3.99.
What a difference 2 cents makes.
Traditionally gas prices are about 5 to 10 cents higher in the...
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Last night we went to the Cuero fireworks show. And what a show it was.
From the first boom and then flash of color to the very last sizzle of smoke, it was mesmerizing.
The park, Wal-Mart parking lot and the high school parking lot were full of cars and people who had come to enjoy a Fourth of...
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